Point of Law: Service – Recruitment – Eligibility - petitioner's eligibility criteria as carried in the R&P Rules, becoming satiated by her, thereupon, she is not entitled for the relief claimed inasmuch, as qua a mandamus being pronounced, upon, the respondents for hers being selected to the advertised post of Language Teacher.

JUDGMENT :

SURESHWAR THAKUR, J.

1. The writ petitioner herein, applied for the advertised post/vacancy of Language Teacher (Post Code 569) and her, there-against application, was made under the category of OBC (UR). However, her candidature against the afore post, became rejected by the respondent, on the ground of hers, not fulfilling the requisite qualification, thereupon, she has been led to institute the extant writ petition, claiming therein the relief of a mandamus being made, upon, the respondent, hence for considering her for selection and appointment to the advertised post of Language Teacher.

2. The validity of the afore averment, as cast before this Court, becomes enjoined to be tested, upon the trite fulcrum of essential qualifications, as become prescribed qua the afore advertised post and as become borne in the relevant Recruitment and Promotion Rules. An allusion to the apposite to the advertised post, norms carried in the R&P Rules and as existing at Page 21 of the paper-book, becomes extracted hereinafter:-

“1. B.A. with Hindi as an elective subject and 2 years Diploma in Elementary Education (by whatever name known).

B.A. with at least 50 marks with Hindi as an elective subject and 1 year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed.)

B.A. with at least 45% marks with Hindi as an elective subject and 1 year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed.) in accordance with NCTE (Recognition Norma and Procedure) Regulations issued from time to time in this regard.

B.A. with at least 50% marks with Hindi as an elective subject and 1 year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed.) Special Education.

Prabhakar (Honours in Hindi) with 50% followed by B.A. examination (English and one additional subject) with 50% marks from a recognized University year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed.)

M.A. (Hindi) with at least 50% marks from a recognized university and 1 year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed.).

Pass in Teacher Eligibility Test (TET Language Teacher), duly conducted by HP Board of School Education, Dharamshala provided that the incumbents who have already qualified the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) conducted by the H.P. Subordinate Services Selection Board.”

3. From the afore, it has to be gauged, whether the two amongst the germane to the petitioner, rather various eligibility cries, carried in the apposite R&P Rules and both also hence and relevant to the advertised post, become satiated by it petitioner, inasmuch, as (a) whether she is B.A. with Hindi as elective subject, also whether along therewith, she has, two years Diploma in Elementary Education (b) and/or she along with hers being Prabhakar (Honours in Hindi) with 50% marks, she also holds Bachelor degree (English and one additional subject) with 50% marks and one year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed.). In testing whether any of the afore alternative imperative criteria, as become prescribed, in the unchallenged R&P Rules, become satiated by the writ petitioner, a reading of the un-rebutted averments, hence, cast in the reply, on affidavit furnished to the writ petition by the respondents (i) reveals that the writ petitioner, did not, during the entire run up of hers acquiring a Bachelors degree in Arts, or till the end of the course, studied Hindi, as, an elective subject (ii) thereupon, one of the afore alluded eligibility criteria and whereon the writ petitioner, could place valid statutory reliance rather becomes completely unaccomplished by.

4. Furthermore, even the alternative thereto criteria and as may become applicable to the writ petitioner and appertaining to hers imperatively holding qualification of Prabhakar (Honours in Hindi), is also insufficient, to enable this Court to conclude that once she became untenably ousted, for hers being considered, for selection against the afore advertised post (i) given along therewith hers becoming also enjoined to hold a Bachelors Degree, in Arts (English and one additional subject) with 50 marks and also 1 year Bachelor in Education (B.Ed.). Moreover, even the latter qualifi